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WIRE BALB TIE. y No. 295,419. Patented Mar. 181884.

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GRANVILLE NICHOLSON, OF NEV YORK, N. Y., ASSIGN OR TO JOHNAL. CLARK, OF SAME PLACE.

Wl RE BALE-TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 295,419, dated March 18, 1884.

Application filed December 26, 1883. (No model.)

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Be it known that LGRANVILLE NICHOLSON, ofthe city and county of New York, in the State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Wire Bale-Ties, of

which the following is a specification.

Myinvention relates to a wire bale-tie having at one end a hooked head, and having at the other end a loop which may be slipped Io over the head when the tie is one of iixed length, or having the other end left plain, so that it may be inserted through the head and bent backward and twisted when the tie is adjustable in length. n

i 5 The invention consists in a novel formation or construction of the said head, as particularly hereinafter described,and pointed out in thel claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 2o represents a perspective viewof the head and loop which are at opposite ends of the tie,said head and loopbeing separated. 2 is a side viewof the head and loop engaged with each other. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the same.

Fig. 4 illustrates the relative positions of the head andfloop when engaging the loop with the head; and Fig. 5 illustrates the manner in which the plain end of the wire may be engaged with the head in a tie of adjustable length.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the tigures.

My invention relates solely to the construction or formation of the head at one end of the wire A, and will be best understood from Fig.

l of the drawings. lIhe said head consists, essenti ally, of two members or portions -namely, a hook orshoulder, A', anda sustaining-brace, A2, which prevents the hook or shoulder A .to from straightening out when strain is applied to it. The wire is doubled throughout both said hook or shoulder and brace, and the two' portions ca thereof, which combine to form the head, are twisted together in rear of the head. These two portions a ai, in advance ofthe point where they are twisted together, are bent outward transversely to form the hook or shoulder A, and they are also bent slightly rearward or backward, so as to form a seat or recess, b, at the base or root of the hook or shoulder A', for a purpose hereinafter described. The two portions aa' extend forward from the top of the hook or shoulder A to the forward end of the brace A2, and thence backward to the base or root of the hook or shoulder A. At the base or root of said hook or shoulder the two portions a a are joined or connected by a bend or loop, a2, which embraces the portion a at the base or root of the hook or shoulder. In other words, the por- 6o tion a is passed through the bend or loop a2 in that end of the brace which is at the base of the hook or shoulder A. Then the bale-tie is of xed length, the tail endvof the wire A has a loop, B, formed by doubling and twisting the wire, as shown in Fig. 1.

Vhen the loop B is to be engaged with the hooked head, the loop is brought into the position shown in Fig. 4, and it may then be readily passed over the head and broughtinto the position shown in Figs. 2 and 3, in which position the bight of the loop rests in the seat or recess b, while the forward end of the brace A2 is supported at c on the spring ofthe loop. Vhen a strain is applied to the tie, it is im- 7 5 possible for theloop B to escape from the hook or shoulder A', because it would have to be moved backwardin order to free it from the recess or seat b, and the hook or shoulder is prevented from straightening out by the brace 8o A2, which has its support on the loop B at the spring c thereof. When the bale-tie is of adjustable length, the tail end of the wire A may be left plain, and to fasten the tie said plain end is passed through the brace A2 and 85 is bent backward, as shown in Fig. 5, and twisted. When the tail end of the wire tie is thus connected with the head or fastened,it is impossible for the brace A2 to straighten out and release the tail end of the wire,because the 9o portion a of the wire, being passed through the bend or loop a2v at the end of the brace A2, secures the end of the brace positively. The hook or shoulder A and brace A2 are formed entirely of a doubled wire, and, whether the tie is of lined length or adjustable in length, the tail end of the wire is always bent around and supported by two portions of wire. The tail end of the wire then forms a broad bend around or on these two portions, and is not liable roo formed in the tail end oi' thewireis very short l and the Wire is very apti'o break at said bend.

W'hat I eiaini as my invention7 and desire I to secure by Letters Patent, is f 1. The wire haie-tie A, having a hooked head formed by the doubled porti ons a apshi ch are twisted together in rear oi' the head, and are bent outward and rearward to forni the hook or shoulder A, with the recess or seat I) at the hase or root thereof, substantially as and ior the purpose herein deseribed.

The wire baietie having ahead vformed by the double portions (L a, which aretwisted together in rear of the head, and are bent to forni the hook or shoulder A and brace A2, 15 the portion a being passed through the loop aL at that end of the hraee which is adjacent to the hase or root 0i' said hook or shoulder, substantially as herein describe.

G I IANVILLE NICHOLSON.

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